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1 ULUS 10060 GETTING STARTED STARTING UP Right side view PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system configuration

L button LCD screen R button Directional buttons buttons buttons POWER/HOLD switch

Front view MEMORY Disc cover DC OUT connectors STICK POWER DUO™ indicator access indicator Volume HOLD WLAN indicator access indicator Right speaker IR portUSB OPEN latch connector Analog stick START button Strap holder SELECT button Left speaker Sound button Set up your PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system according to the HOME button Display button instructions in the manual supplied with the system. Turn the system on. The power indicator lights up in green and the home menu is displayed. Press the OPEN latch to open the disc cover. INSERT the World Championship Poker 2 disc with the label facing away from Command Function the system, slide until fully inserted and close the disc cover. From Analog stick Move first person camera the PSP™ system’s home menu, select the Game icon and then the Select button Toggle text chat window UMD icon. A thumbnail for the software is displayed. Select the (online only) thumbnail and press the ≈ button of the PSP™ to start the software. Start button Pause and show menu Follow the on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for x information on using the software. button Skip animation (speed up turns) c button Raise to X amount NOTICE: Do not eject a UMD™ while it is playing. v button Fold z button Bet Memory Stick Duo™ R button Show chip count for players Warning! Keep Memory Stick Duo media out of reach of small children, as the L button Toggle camera modes media could be swallowed by accident. To save game settings and progress, insert a Memory Stick Duo into Up button Raise bet amount the memory stick slot of your PSP. You can load saved game data Down button Lower bet amount from the same memory stick or any Memory Stick Duo containing Left button Reset bet amount to minimum previously saved games. Right button Bet maximum amount

2 3 INTRODUCTION NEW CHARACTER Poker has seen an explosive growth in popularity in recent years. Before you can play a game, you will need to create a It is a popular spectator sport, and a popular amateur sport. character. You can use the default character, use a ran- Televised poker tournaments draw big ratings and big crowds. domly created character, or create your own character from scratch. The crowds come out to see a new professional athlete: the poker pro. These pros make the game seem simple, Cash Accounts: No matter your character, you start with but it is anything but. Skill and luck draw players back to $1,000 for play both online and offline. Any progress the table and now you can join the professional ranks in you make or cash you win with that character will be World Championship Poker 2 Featuring . saved to that character’s account. Your offline career and online accounts are tied together, so if you take a Now is your chance to take on the elite of the poker beating online just relax and play some offline career community, both online and offline. Build up your skills games to win back your cash. and pad offline, and show them off online. Get your poker face ready. Let’s shuffle up and deal! To create a character, select an “empty slot” from the character list. From there, customize your player’s Main Menu gender, body type and personality. Please be careful as Key features available from the Main Menu include: these attributes cannot be changed in the Salon later after you have finished creating your character. Play Game If you want to see a random selection, press the select button. Select your character and start playing. Every minute not spent at the table is a minute without winning. Once you have selected the main attributes, press the start button to continue to edit your character’s face, New Character body and clothing. You can spend as much time as you Create your own poker pro from a large number of want tweaking your character. clothing and body options. Here is your chance to strut your stuff and make your own style. To complete your character, press the start button to bring up the name entry screen. Enter your character’s Load name and then press the start button. The option to save Load your saved characters and their careers. the game will appear. Options Once you save your character, you’re ready to play poker! Adjust the volume and set up your turn notification sound.

Extras View the credits, use the tutorials to learn the ins and outs of some of the game types, or play some educational and fun poker-based mini games. 4 5 QUICK PLAY CAREER This is the quickest way to get into a casual game of The road to becoming a professional poker player starts poker. The winnings in this mode do not affect your from your mother’s basement. character’s statistics. From the world overview you can select different events Quick Play Game Options: to enter. Some may cost more than you can afford. If • Game Type: Select from 14 different poker games. even a loan won’t cover the entry fee, do not be A detailed description of each game’s rules appears in discouraged. Keep playing and increasing your bank “The Games” section below. account through other events until the tournaments you • Limits: Choose what type of stakes you want to play for: want to participate in are offered again. • No Limit: Players may bet as much as they have in front of them. Poker Events • Limit: Bets are set for each round. Each week a new set of venues is opened for play. • Pot Limit: Player may bet as much as the Many different game types are available to enter. amount of the pot. • Stakes: Select the blinds or ante size. Tournaments and Invitationals are games that have as • Tournament: Tournament play allows you to play many as 300 players playing at one time. These are against a large number of players. The blinds are long games, but the cash prizes are worth it. raised after a set amount of time. • Max Players: Choose the total number of players at Private games are games that you play at home with the table. The casino locations have 8 players per your friends. You don’t need to finish these games, just table, whereas the other locations only have 6 player make a profit. These are great games to play if you are tables. If you’ve selected tournament, you can have up running low on cash and need a quick boost. to 1000 people play. • Location: Choose where you want to play. Casino Side games are like private games, but unlike your locations have a dealer, while the pad locations let the friends, these players mean business. There are some players deal. very special side games offered: heads up matches with • Time: Select how long players have before they are poker pros. These matches are a great place to truly test forced to fold. your skills.

Many of the side games, tournaments and invitationals offer bonus trophies and trinkets, as well as cash prizes. It will take you several weeks of play to collect all the prizes, since many matches overlap. Pick the game that suits your style of play. Your Pad When you first start hosting private games you will play in your mom’s basement. As you gain money from 6 7 playing, you eventually move out and into the world. Tough Read - This skill makes the minigame easier by There are four other pads to upgrade to. Your pad also slowing down the speed the ring rotates. Each rank will can be upgraded on the inside with new furniture and also decrease the chance of having to play the minigame prizes. Make your room look good, because when you with a strong hand. A third rank will eliminate the host an online game in your pad, other players will see minigame for strong hands. what you have. Stone Face - Each rank in this skill will make the Pawn Shop ‘Poker Face’ zone larger by about 3% and decrease the The pawn shop offers a place where you can buy new chance of having to play the minigame with a weak items for your pad or sell them back. You can even take hand. A third rank will eliminate the minigame for weak out a loan from the pawn shop. Failure to pay back the hands. loan however results in your items being taken from your pad. Actor - Each rank in this skill will make the ‘bluff’ zone larger by about 3%. Also, each ranks increases chance of Skill Points doing a “bluff” without having to play the minigame. As you advance in your poker career you will become a Convincing - This skill decreases the amount of time more astute player and earn skill points. There are you need to stay in the ‘bluff’ or ‘poker face’ zones. several categories to spend your skill points in. Some Each rank decreases the time by about 1 second. skills help directly with card playing, while others help with bluffing and telling. It is your choice how you spend it. BLUFF/TELL MINIGAME The mini-game is broken into several key components, Keen Eyes - This skill makes it increasingly easier to the marker, the bluff zone, the tell zone and the poker notice the bluffs and tells of other players. A third rank face zone. In the middle of the ring is a timer that counts in this skill will tell you of a player’s play style after 25 down from 5 to 0. During that time you have to keep the hands with them. marker in one of the zones for a zone specific time. If you are not able to keep it in a zone, a tell animation is Hand Strength- This skill will display your hand played. Just before the game starts you are told if you strength. First rank displays Pre-flop strength. A second have a strong hand or a weak hand. Your bluff and tells rank will constantly shows your hand strength. The third will be based off of this. A strong hand will bluff that rank shows your hand strength and pot odds. they have a weak hand, and a weak hand will bluff that they have a strong hand. Stare Down- This skill will allow you to force a player • Use the analog stick to keep the yellow marker in one to play the bluff/tell minigame. Each rank in this skill of three zones for a set time. represents the number of times per hand you can per- • The black zone is for a poker-face. form this action. Note: To perform a stare down, on your • The red zone is for a bluff. c turn press the and R buttons together. An eye icon • The large purple zones will present a tell. will appear over the opponent’s HUD cards. Press the • If you do nothing, a tell is given by default. x button to activate the stare down.

8 9 MULTIPLAYER MINIGAMES To fully experience World Championship Poker 2, you Under the Extras menu, there are six minigames to will want to play online and test your skills against other challenge and expand your poker knowledge. They are: players from down the block or across the country in one of 20 different Poker games. • Flop Odds - You will be presented with certain hold cards and a target hand type. Based on these cards, try to In order to use the Multiplayer mode, the player must figure out the percentage change you have of getting the have an access point to connect to the Internet. Please specified hand when the board cards would be shown. reference the PSP system’s Instruction Manual for • Know the Nuts - The player will be shown the com- details and information on setting up this connection. munity cards for a hand and then given the option to select the hole cards they need to make the best hand. Once a connection has been established, login by either • Hold’em Nicknames - You will be prompted with a creating a new account or using an existing account. nickname for a set of cards. Use the directional but- tons to match up the suit and value of each card with After entering the Game Lobby, the player will have the specified nickname. several options available to them. They may select either: • Tell Quiz - The player will be given multiple choice questions that will train them to spot opponents tells. • Quick Match - Quickly choose between • Know Your Outs - In this game, you will be shown available games. your hole cards, the community cards and a guess • Join Public Game - Select from a number of settings about what the opponent has. Based on this filters to find the game that’s right for you. information, try to figure out the exact numbers of • Host a Game - Specify the game type and settings, “outs” (the number of specific cards that can help you and then wait for others to join in the fun. beat your opponent). • Glossary Quiz - The player will be given multiple Please note that the Multiplayer game shares its bank choice questions about Poker game terminology. account with Career mode. If you run low on cash, be sure to enter Career mode to build your funds back up.

10 11 POKER OVERVIEW dealer turns a fourth card face up in the middle of the table. This is referred to as the “Turn.” Betting begins Blinds again with the first active player to the left of the dealer. To start a new hand two “Blind” bets are put up or “Posted.” The player immediately to the left of the The River dealer puts up or “posts” the small blind which is equal Following the betting round for the turn, the dealer will to half of the minimum bet. The player to the left of the turn a fifth and final card face up. This is called the small blind posts the big blind, which is equal to the “river.” The final round of betting begins. minimum bet. The rest of the players do not put up any money to start the hand. Because the deal rotates The Showdown around the table, each player will eventually act as the To determine the winner, the players may use any big blind, small blind and dealer. combination of their two hole cards and the five cards on the “Board” (table) to form the highest five-card hand. In The Opening Bet some rare cases the best hand will be the five cards on the Each player is dealt two cards face down, with the board. In that case, the active players will split the pot. player on the small blind receiving the first card and the player with the dealer button getting the last card. The WINNING POKER HANDS first betting round begins with the players to the left of Name Example Definition the big blind. The betting goes around the table in order Royal Flush A♠-K♠-Q♠-J♠-10♠ A, K, Q, J, and 10 until it reaches the player who posted the small blind. all of the same suit. The last person to act is the big blind. If no one has Straight Flush Q♥-J♥-10♥-9♥-8♥ Five cards in raised, the dealer will ask if they would like the option. sequence and all of This means the big blind has the option to raise or just the same suit. “check.” By checking, the player does not put in any Four-of-a-KindK♠-K♥-K♦-K♣ Four cards of the more money. same rank. Full House K♠-K♥-K♦-A♠-A♥ Three of a kind, plus The Flop a pair. After the first betting round is completed, three cards are Flush Q♥-10♥-9♥-6♥-2♥ Five cards of the dealt and turned face up in the middle of the table. This same suit. is known as the “Flop.” These are community cards Straight 10♦-9♥-8♣-7♠-6♦ Five cards in used by all the players. Another betting round begins sequence. (Ace can with the first active player to the left of the dealer but- be high or low.) ton. (Note: Some games, such as Five-Card Draw, have Three-of-a-Kind J♦-J♥-J♣ Three cards of the no community cards, or “flop.” Players bet only on the same rank. cards in their hands. Players complete their hands and Two Pair K♠-K♥-8♣-8♦ Two cards of one go straight to the “showdown.”) rank and two cards of another rank. The Turn Pair J♠-J♥ Two cards of the When the betting round after the flop is completed, the same rank. High Card A♠-9♥-7♦-4♣-2♦ Highest card wins. 12 13 THE GAMES Tahoe (*multiplayer only*) Tahoe is played like Pineapple, except the player does not discard their third hole card. The object is still to Texas Hold’em have the best five card poker hand, using any In Texas Hold’em, the object of the game is to get the combination of board cards and up to two hole cards. best possible five card poker hand to win the pot. Players receive two down cards as their personal hand Super Eight (*multiplayer only*) (called “hole cards” or “pocket cards”) after which there is a round of betting. Three board cards are turned The object is to have the best possible five card hand simultaneously (called the “flop”) and another round of using any combination of hole and board cards. Three betting occurs. The next two board cards are turned one hole cards are dealt face down to each player and a at a time, with a round of betting after each card. The round of betting occurs. Three board cards are dealt. board cards are community cards, and a player may use Betting occurs again. A fourth board card is dealt, fol- any five-card combination from among the board and lowed by another round of betting. The last board card personal cards. A player may even use all of the board is dealt and then the final round of betting occurs. cards and no personal cards to form a hand (play the board). A dealer button is used. The blind structure uses Omaha two blinds a small and a big. Omaha is similar to Hold’em in using a three-card flop on the board followed by a fourth and then fifth board Crazy Pineapple card. Each player is dealt four hole cards (instead of This works exactly the same as Hold’em, except the two) at the start. In order to make a hand, a player must players each get 3 hole cards and have to discard one use two hole cards with three board cards. The betting is after the flop. the same as in Hold’em. At the showdown, the entire four-card hand should be shown to receive the pot. The Crazy Pineapple Eight best possible five card poker hand, using exactly two hole cards and three community cards, wins the pot. (*multiplayer only*) This variation works almost the same as Crazy Omaha High-Low / Pineapple. The only difference is that the pot will be split if a player has a low hand with a qualifier of 8 or Omaha Eight better. If this condition is not met, the best high hand All the rules of Omaha apply to Omaha High-Low. wins the full pot. However, a low hand qualifier of 8-high or better will result in a split pot for all High-Low games. If there is Pineapple no qualifying hand for low, the best high hand wins the This works exactly the same as Hold’em, except the whole pot. players each get 3 hole cards and have to discard one before the flop.

14 15 7 Card Stud High Chicago Low Spade The object of 7 Card Stud is to have the best five-card (*multiplayer only*) Poker hand out of seven cards. The game is played with To win at Chicago Low Spade, the player must have the two downcards and one upcard dealt before the first best five card poker hand out of seven cards. However betting round. This is followed by three more upcards during a showdown, the person with the low spade in (with a betting round after each card) and then a final the hole will get half the pot. The game is played by downcard. After the last downcard is dealt, there is a dealing two cards facedown and one card face up to final round of betting. The best five-card poker hand each player. After a round of betting, a second face up wins the pot. In all fixed-limit games, the smaller bet is card is dealt to each player. Betting occurs again and wagered on the first two betting rounds, and the larger then a third card is dealt face up to each player. Another bet is wagered after the betting rounds on the fifth, sixth, round of betting occurs before a fourth card is dealt face and seventh cards. If there is an open pair on the fourth up. The players bet and then a final card is dealt face- card, any player has the option of making the smaller or down to each player. After the final round of betting, larger bet. the showdown occurs. 7 Card Stud High-Low / Chicago High Spade 7 Card Stud Eight (*multiplayer only*) 7 Card Stud Eight (also called 7 Card Stud High-Low) is Chicago High Spade is played almost exactly like a stud game which is played both high and low. A quali- Chicago Low Spade. The only difference is that during fier of 8-or-better for the low hand applies to all high- the showdown, the person with the high spade (instead low split games. The low card initiates the action on the of the low) will get half the pot. first round, with an ace counting as a high card for this purpose. On subsequent rounds, the high hand initiates Razz Ace to 5 the action. If the high hand is tied, the first player clock- The lowest hand wins the pot. The format is similar to 7 wise from the dealer acts first. Fixed-limit games use the Card Stud High, except the high card (aces are low) is lower limit on third and fourth street and the upper limit required to make the forced bet on the first round and on subsequent betting rounds. An open pair does not the low hand acts first on all subsequent rounds. affect the limit. Aces may be used for high or for low. Straights and flushes have no ranking. The best possible Straights and flushes do not affect the low value of a hand is 5-4-3-2-A (also called a “wheel”). An open pair hand. A player may use any five cards to make the best does not affect the betting limit. high hand, and the same or any other grouping of five cards to make the best low hand. Razz 2 to 7 Like Razz Ace to 5, the lowest hand wins the pot. While similar to 7 Card Stud, the high card (aces are high) is required to make the forced bet on the first round, and the low hand acts first on all subsequent rounds. Straights and flushes have count against the player, so the best possible hand is 2-3-4-5-7. An open pair does not affect the betting limit. 16 17 Lowball Ace to Five Lowball Deuce to Lowball is draw poker with the lowest hand winning the Seven Triple pot. Each player is dealt five cards facedown, after which The rules are the same as Lowball Deuce to Seven. The there is a betting round. Players are required to open with difference is that there are three draws and four betting a bet or fold. The players who remain in the pot after the rounds instead of one draw and two betting rounds. first betting round now have an option to improve their hand by replacing cards in their hands with new ones. 5 Card Draw This is the draw. The game is normally played with one or more blinds, sometimes with an ante added. In limit There are two betting rounds: one before the draw and poker, the usual structure has the limit double after the one after the draw. The game is played with a button and draw (Northern California is an exception). an ante. Players in turn may check, open for the mini- mum, or open with a raise. After the first betting round Lowball Ace-to-Five (also known as California Lowball) the players have the opportunity to draw new cards to gets its name because the best hand at that form is 5-4-3- replace the ones they discard. Action after the draw starts 2-A. Straights and flushes do not count against your hand. with the opener, or next player proceeding clockwise if the opener has folded. The betting limit after the draw is Lowball Ace to Five Triple twice the amount of the betting limit before the draw. The rules are the same as Lowball Ace to Five. The dif- 5 Card Stud ference is that there are three draws and four betting rounds instead of one draw and two betting rounds. (*multiplayer only*) The object of 5 Card Stud is to have the best five card Lowball Deuce to Seven poker hand. One card is dealt facedown and one card is dealt face up. After a round of betting, a second card is In Lowball Deuce to Seven (sometimes known as dealt face up to each player. Betting occurs and then a Kansas City Lowball), typically the worst conventional third face up card is dealt. Another round of betting poker hand wins. The best hand is 7-5-4-3-2 of at least happens and a fourth card is dealt face up. Betting two different suits. Straights and flushes count against occurs again and then the final card is dealt. After this, you and an ace is used only as a high card. The hand a final betting round is played and then the Showdown 5-4-3-2-A is not considered to be a straight, but an ace- occurs. to-5 high (which will beat other ace-high hands and pairs, but lose to king-high). A pair of aces is the highest pair, so it loses to any other pair.

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In no event will PUBLISHER or their affiliates, suppliers and licensors be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, economic, cover, THE PROS consequential, exemplary or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the software, use documentation, or related technical support, including, without limitation, damages or costs relating to the loss of profits, business, goodwill, data or time, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will PUBLISHER HOWARD LEDERER and their affiliates’, suppliers’, and licensors’ liability exceed the amount paid by you for the software regardless of the form of the claim (including, without limitation, any “The Professor of Poker” contract, product liability, or tort claim). Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation Howard Lederer has quickly may not apply to you. become one of the most respected

9. GOVERNING LAW. No change, waiver or modification of this Agreement will be players around. Howard is an intel- valid unless it is in writing and is signed by the PUBLISHER. This Agreement shall be lectual player who has won two construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California apply- ing to contracts fully executed and performed within the State of California, exclusive bracelets of its conflicts of law provisions. Both parties submit to personal jurisdiction in and two tournaments. He holds thirteen California and further agree that any dispute arising from or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in court within the courts of Orange County, California. major poker titles including the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships. Howard left college to 10. ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision shall be modified to the minimum become a chess player, but ended up becoming a poker extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable, and the validity and enforceability of player instead. He worked by day and played by night. all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. You acknowledge and agree that, in addition to any and all other remedies available to PUBLISHER in After many losses, he found a way to make a living at the the event of a breach of this Agreement by you, PUBLISHER shall have the right to poker table and become the player he is today. He taught enjoin, any activity by you which breaches this Agreement, by equitable relief, includ- ing, but not limited to, a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, a perma- his sister, , to play as well, and she is now one nent injunction, or suck other alternative relief as may be appropriate, without the of the best known female poker players and extremely necessity of PUBLISHER’s posting any bond or other surety. successful. Howard has developed a full array of poker 11. ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or products that all contain educational components. For unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable, and the validity and enforceability of more information, visit http://www.secretsofholdem.com. all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between ANNIE DUKE the parties hereto related to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written and all contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments and understandings of Born in Concord, New Hampshire, the partied, all of which are merged herein. she began playing poker at age 22 and left the University of Pennsylvania to play poker. She learned the game from her brother Howard Lederer - who she consid- ers one of her most respected players along with , , and Eric Seidel. Annie’s sister, Katy Lederer, recently wrote a memoir titled Pokerface which talks about Annie’s poker family. Annie is considered by most to be the best female poker player in the world and she regularly proves that women can excel in poker, which has traditionally been dominated by males. She is the top female World Series of Poker money winner in history and will always be remembered when she finished in 10th place at the WSOP when she was eight months pregnant. 22 23 CLONIE GOWEN Clonie Gowen is considered one “Fossilman” of the up and coming female Greg Raymer is the 2004 World players. She started playing poker Series of Poker champion. He is a while living in and driving married patent attorney whose to Shreveport on weekends and nickname “Fossilman” comes making a few hundred dollars each from the fossils he uses as card week. She placed 10th on the World Poker Tour protectors at the table. Like second place finisher David tournament in Costa Rica, then ended up winning the Williams, and 2003 WSOP winner , WPT Ladies Night Invitational by beating more Greg Raymer won his entry on an online satellite experienced players like Annie Duke and Jennifer tournament. Greg defeated a record field of 2576 players, Harman. Formerly a travel agent, she now solely relies winning $5 million dollars for his first place finish which on her poker income. She takes breaks when she is doing is the single largest cash prize for a . bad and approaches her profession cautiously (her single biggest tournament win is $25,000) - she has made a PAUL DARDEN profit each of the 9 years she has played (her longest A solid and intense player, Paul losing streak lasted a month). She has recently signed up holds a World Poker Tour Title and with Full Tilt to promote that site. She also has an 11- World Series of Poker Bracelet. year old daughter and 2-year old son so she has to work Paul is a former nightclub owner playing poker around her family life. and is active in the real estate world. He is also an active AMIR VAHeDI participant in the tournament circuit and frequently places Born in Iran, Amir Vahedi is a in cash games. Paul was featured as one of the World Southern California-based Poker Tour “Bad Boys of Poker”. tournament professional. Many people recognize him from the WSOP final table in 2003. He was ranked first for “tournament player of the year” for 2003 with his nine no-limit final table appearances in 2003.This includes his sixth place at the WSOP (where he has lifetime earnings of $300,000) in 2003 where he made it to the final table for the third time. He was also named “No-Limit Texas Hold’em” Player of the Year as well as “Best All Around” award at the Poker Finals at Foxwoods in 2001.

24 25 ROBERT Director of Marketing: Art: Sheri Snow Chris Choi, Josh Jertberg, Eric Piccione, Mike Posis, My Wu WILLIAMSON III Package Design: Robert is a born poker player. He Binary Pulse Additional Art: Sang Bahn, Mike Dudley, waited on his father’s game at five Photography: Gary Frye, Loan Hue Ong, and was playing by age 10. So it’s Steve Anderson Mike Tamura, Chuck Workman, no surprise that someone who Special Thanks: Garrett Yanai started so early was already had a Robert Bryant, Wesley Bunn, Design: Judy Baughman Taubel, Rob Sandberg, Jon Sieker, lot of success. Known for his Pot Limit Omaha expert- Kathy Bucklin, Jeff Dickson, Jon Stair ise, Robert Williamson III won a WSOP bracelet in that Mike Drummelsmith, Rob Dyer, Programming: event in 2002.Williamson’s career goal is simple - to Michael Maas, Doug Panter, Carlos Bustamante, win more gold bracelets. Although PLO is his favorite Barry Seaton, Matt Smith, Dennis Devore, Bryan Perfetto, tournament game, Williamson likes to play mixed games Nima Taghavi, Thomas Quast, Robert Platt III, Jon Stair, Amy Quigg Mike Terlecki, Mike Wildermuth or triple-draw lowball in cash games. Extra Special Thanks: Additional Programming: Brian Balsbaugh, Rick Bierman, Kamran Manoochehri, Paul Darden, Annie Duke, Mike Michaels, Chris Warner MATT SAVAGE Clonie Gowen, Howard Lederer, Motion Capture: Greg Raymer, Matt Savage, Richard Dorton, Rita Bland, Matt Savage is the world’s fore- Amir Vahedi, Robert Williamson III, Matt Jenkin, Josh Jertberg most Poker Tournament Director, Amy Weltman, Mike Betti, Production: responsible for directing over 100 Dave Golder Justin Z. Bartlett, Mike Michaels, Brinton Williams televised events such as the World POINT OF VIEW, INC. Series of Poker, World Poker Tour Sound and Dialog: Project Lead: Dennis Devore, Thomas Kahelin, and many others. Rob Sandberg Brinton Williams Art Lead: Voice Talent: Primary Testers: Ben Naumann Nicole Bartlett, Carlos Bustamante, CREDITS Steve Gay, James Dodd, Sofia Caballero, Bob Cantrell, Denis Takara Programming Lead: Steven Lashower Jean-Louis Clement, Paul Darden, CRAVE Testers: Annie Duke, Michelle Anne Gonzalez, ENTERTAINMENT Albert Blank, Alex Tagle, Alvin Animation and Mocap Lead: Clonie Gowen, David Hayes, Nelson, Brian Cutts, Bruce Lim, Thomas Konkol Nicole Hubble, Howard Lederer, Sr.VP Crave Studios: Chris Roth, Colin Campbell, Design Lead: Julie Anne Ota, Bryan Perfetto, James Flaharty David Kang, Daniel A. Noah, Justin Z. Bartlett Eric Piccione, Bob Platt, Sr.VP Product Planning & Hee Won Kang, James Chen, Greg Raymer, Rob Sandberg, Producer: Erika Sass, Lea Shifflett, Jon Sieker, Business Development: Jay Vo, Jeremy Woodfin, Jon Sieker Mark Burke Jo Ann Faustino, Jonathan Han, Beverly Taylor, Trillo Tony, Amir Vahedi, Mike Wildermuth, Jonny Throop, Logan Fallon, Art Director: Senior Producer: Robert Williamson III, Marti Rivera, Matt Nguyen, Thomas Jung John Bloodworth Chuck Workman Matthew Peronto, Mike Conzelman, SVP Development: Associate Producers: Nam Kim, Phillip Snipes, Ramon Mike Terlecki POV Special Thanks: Aaron Hartman, Darold Higa Ramirez, Ramiro Ramirez, Bob Cantrell, Mike Drummelsmith, Vince Lee, Lea Shifflett, Quality Assurance Manager: Roger Chang, Scott Fullmer, Beverly Taylor, Jesse Taylor, Tuan Trinh Seth Peelle, Steve McClory, Tim Novak, Tony Martin Jeff Warner, SFP2K Quality Assurance Leads: Roger Hu, Paul Taniguchi

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